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Post by hi224 on Sept 21, 2020 19:34:39 GMT
what did you think of the last 30 minutes?.
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Post by Archelaus on Sept 21, 2020 20:01:20 GMT
It was a whirlwind of drama and features some of Humphrey Bogart's best work as an actor.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 21, 2020 20:04:01 GMT
It was a whirlwind of drama and features some of Humphrey Bogart's best work as an actor. what did you think of his story arc.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 21, 2020 20:06:26 GMT
I almost got it confused with the Big Knife!
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Post by politicidal on Sept 21, 2020 22:24:04 GMT
Some of Bogart's best acting despite it not being one of my favorite films of his.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Sept 21, 2020 22:51:40 GMT
Although, from my perspective, not one of Bogart's better known films, it's still compelling. And Gloria Grahame is wonderful trying to help him. Pretty tightly told and evenly paced with a happily ever after ending. Gotta love it. Such a shame about Graham's death. Also wish she had a better career.
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 22, 2020 1:38:42 GMT
Two writers, Andrew Solt and Edmund H. North are credited but director Nicholas Ray added some material perhaps based on his own marriage to star Gloria Grahame which was coming apart as the movie was in production. This may have intensified the dialog and Grahame’s acting. Essential viewing for all lovers of movies.   |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 22, 2020 3:34:57 GMT
Been a while since I've seen it, my #3 noir after Out of the Past and Sunset Blvd.
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Post by Archelaus on Sept 22, 2020 4:30:16 GMT
It was a whirlwind of drama and features some of Humphrey Bogart's best work as an actor. what did you think of his story arc. It was compelling. At first, I didn't think Dixon Steele committed the murder, but I started getting second thoughts with his erratic behavior and then reenacts what he did on the night of the murder.
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 22, 2020 12:34:56 GMT
In a Lonely Place (1950), directed by Nicholas Ray. The story doesn't go where we expect. Bitter, dangerous screenwriter Humphrey Bogart is suspected of murder, but finding the real killer doesn't interest him, or us. When mysterious, self-contained neighbor Gloria Grahame gives him an unexpected alibi, we know they will become an item, but can't foresee that she will come to regret it. This is sometimes described as another tale of Hollywood alienation, like Sunset Blvd. (1950), but I don't see it that way. A romance embedded in the thriller is still a romance, even if a tragic one. Bogart -- as in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and The Desperate Hours (1955) -- again shows that he is unafraid of playing unlikable characters. Here he is resentful and jealous and has murderous rages. Sometimes he tries to repair the damage. Women like him for some reason. This an excellent role for Grahame: strong-minded failed actress who becomes afraid of her lover. She sleeps naked: when did that start in film? Marilyn Monroe was doing it in Niagara (1953) a few years later. She's also regularly worked over by a muscular woman, which must mean she is both sensual and sophisticated. I remember thinking the score was syrupy and intrusive, but wasn't bothered by it in the most recent viewing. Nicholas Ray and Gloria Grahame were married at this time but breaking up, which he kept secret so as not to alarm the studio. One never knows the causes of marital difficulty but it is said that Ray caught her in bed with his 13-year-old son, which must have caused some stress. She later married the boy. Criterion Blu-ray. The commentary track does rapid-fire academic speak where everything is a declaration, no questions or uncertainty. 
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Post by phantomparticle on Sept 23, 2020 10:55:39 GMT
Powerful performances and a strong script. You aren't sure where this movie is going until the knockout end.
I think if was Jack L. Warner who said to director Vincent Sherman, "I'm giving you Bogart." (for The Return of Doctor X). "See if you can get him to do something other than Duke Mantee."
Bogart's move from the traditional gangster role to intensely complex characters almost reaches its peak in this film. He still had The African Queen, The Cain Mutiny, The Desperate Hours and The Harder They Fall in his future. The decade was proving to be just as successful for him as the 1940's, whereas many of his contemporaries were finding it rough going.
Gloria Grahame throws sparks every time she appears. She proves she is capable of standing up to Bogart in a performance and here she is electric. Eccentric and sexy, like her or not, she can't be ignored when she walks into frame.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 23, 2020 14:55:57 GMT
Powerful performances and a strong script. You aren't sure where this movie is going until the knockout end. I think if was Jack L. Warner who said to director Vincent Sherman, "I'm giving you Bogart." (for The Return of Doctor X). "See if you can get him to do something other than Duke Mantee." Bogart's move from the traditional gangster role to intensely complex characters almost reaches its peak in this film. He still had The African Queen, The Cain Mutiny, The Desperate Hours and The Harder They Fall in his future. The decade was proving to be just as successful for him as the 1940's, whereas many of his contemporaries were finding it rough going. Gloria Grahame throws sparks every time she appears. She proves she is capable of standing up to Bogart in a performance and here she is electric. Eccentric and sexy, like her or not, she can't be ignored when she walks into frame. would've been interesting regarding where his career goes if he doesn't die, does he retire early like Cagney at all?.
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